Air and mixture heater for gasifiers



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Oct 22, 935- w. H. DUTHOIT ET AL AIR AND MIXTURE HEATER FOR GASIFIERS Filed July 31, 1953 lryverymrs w u Dui'hoii GAY. Wallace Patented Oct. 22, 1935 AIR AND MIXTURE HEATER FOR. GASIFEERS William H. Duthoit, Winnipeg, Manitoba, and

George W. Canada Wallace, Transcona, Manitoba,

Application July 31, 1933, Serial No. 683,058

3 Claims.

The invention relates to improvements in air vpre-heaters and firing mixture gasifiers and an object of the invention is to provide a device which when in use on an automobile or such like internal combustion engine, will pre-heat the air passing to the carburetor and will effectively heat the firing mixture passing from the carburetor to the intake manifold so that the firing mixture or charge will be in a particularly effective condition for firing purposes in the engine cylinders.

A further' object of the invention is to construct the device so that it can be readily installed on existing engines without requiring any material alteration in their construction and cost.

A further object of the invention is to arrange the device so that the exhaust gases are used for heating purposes and such that exterior cold air can be admitted when desired in regulated quantities to mix with the hot air passing to the carburetor, such latter being beneficial in summer time.

A further object is to arrange the conduits used so that a relatively large exhaust gas heating area is provided to heat the material passed through the conduit and also to design the conduit such that the material passed therethrough will be not only efiectively heated by the 30 exhaust gases but will be also thoroughly mixed.

With the above more important objects in view, the invention consists essentially in the arrangement and construction of parts hereinafter more particularly described, reference being had to the 3 accompanying drawing, in which:--

Fig. 1 is a side view of the upper portion of an internal combustion engine equipped with our invention, certain parts being torn away and other parts in vertical section.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged detailed sectional view centrally through one of the conduits used.

7 Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view at 3-3 Figure 2.

Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional view at 4-4 Figure 2.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged detailed horizontal sectional view at 5-5 Figure 1.

In the drawing like characters of reference in- 50 dicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

The internal combustion engine is provided with a customary inlet manifold I, exhaust manifold 2 and carburetor 3, the inlet manifold in the present instance being shown as positioned directly above the exhaust manifold as is at preswhich also can be supplied at relatively small ent common construction on existing automobiles.

The carburetor is supplied with the usual air inlet pipe 4 and has the upper end thereof fastened by bolts 5 through the flange 6 with the exhaust manifold, this also being common practice.

In equipping an engine with our invention, we provide a conduit '1' herein shown as in the form of a pipe which conduit passes vertically and cenm trally through the exhaust manifold having its ends suitably secured as by welding to the top and bottom walls of the manifold. The lower end of the conduit communicates with the upper end of the carburetor and the upper end of the conduit opens tothe intake manifold so that the firing mixture is passed from the carburetor to the intake manifold through the conduit which latter it will be observed is contained within the exhaust manifold where it is subjected to the heat of the passing exhaust gases.

It is extremely desirable that the firing mixture passing through the conduit be thoroughly mixed and heated and to this end, we pass horizontally disposed spaced tubes 8 centrally through the conduit and have pairs of partial tubes 9 inset in the sides of the conduit, the tubes 9 being alternated with tubes 8 in the manner best shown in Figure 2.

According to this arrangement, the firing mixture passing upwardly through the conduit is effectively mixed within the conduit and a relatively large exterior area is provided so that the exhaust gases can effectively heat the firing mixture in its passage as obviously the firing mixture will pass through the tubes 8 and partial tubes 9 and will sweep past the conduit as a whole. Accordingly the firing mixture is effectively gasifled when it enters the intake manifold.

We provide in the exhaust manifold a further conduit it which is constructed in the same manner as the conduit 1 and has the ends thereof firmly secured as by welding to the upper and lower walls of the manifold. To'the under side of the manifold, we fasten securely in any suitable manner a short pipe I I which communicates with the lower end of the conduit ID. We then supply an elbow l2 which has its upper end telescoped over the lower end of the pipe II and its lower end telescoped within the air inlet pipe 4 to the carburetor.

The upper end of the pipe l0 opens to atmos-v pheric air and accordingly the air fed to the carburetor is passed through the conduit i0 and the elbow l2 and is pre-heated before being admitted to the carburetor, the pre-heating being done by the exhaust gases passing through the exhaust manifold to the exhaust pipe [3.

It may be desirable such as in the summertime to'cool the'air passing to the carburetor and in order to permit of this, we have provided the elbow with a series of air inlet holes [4 and have placed a strap I5 around the elbow, the strap havingrholes I6 which can be brought into registration withlthose l4. r

The ends of the strap are fitted with lugs l1 connected by a bolt |8Iand obviously one can release the-bolt and set the strap as he desires and then tighten up the bolt to hold it in the set position. For winter driving, the strap would be set with the holes I4 and [6 out of registration and for'summer driving the saidholes can be set as experience best dictates;

It will be apparent that these conduits can be manufactured at relatively small cost and can be very easily and quickly installed on the exhaust manifold and connected up in the manner shown with thecarburetor and intake manifold.

When mouse, the air admitted to the carburetor through the air inlet pipe 4 is effectively preheated by the exhaust gases and the firing mixand connecting the carburetor with the intake manifold said conduit having spaced tubes passing centrally therethrough and insetportions up- I on the sides thereof and alternated with the tubes, said tubes andinset portions forming pas- 5 sages through the conduit for the exhaust gases and also forming internal deflectors for mixing the firing mixture passing through the conduit from the carburetor to the intake manifold.

' 2. The combination with'a carburetor, the in- 10 take and exhaust manifold of an internal combustion engine, of a pair of similar conduits passing transversely through the exhaust manifold and both having transverse passages therethrough for the exhaust gases and one of said conduits l5 s 7 connecting the carburetor with the intake manifold and the other of said conduits having one end connected to the air intake pipe of the car buretor and the other end'open to atmospheric air. 3. The combination with the carburetor and the intake and exhaust manifolds of an internal combustion engine, of an intake conduitsituated transversely within the exhaust manifold and connecting the carburetor with the intake manifold, said conduit being of a predominantly cylindrical formation having a plurality of depressions upon its exterior wall throughout its length and transverse passages therein, said depressions and transverse passages constituting additional heat absorbing surface and bafiilng surface for fuel sucked upwardly within said intake conduit. 7

WILLIAM H. DUTHOIT.

GEORGE w. WALLACE. I 

